Why 2 discs?

[Ash]

Hi all,
I was listening to 'Ritual' from Yesshows last night when I noticed the timings of the two discs. Both are 39 mins. Why then isn't this album on one CD?
I've copied it on to one disc for my own purposes, to listen to at work, and it plays fine.
Seems a bit of a rip-off to me.....

All best wishes,
Ash

[soulsearcher]

i don't rightly know!
to give the illusion of the original double album?

[MrZuLu]

that's an easy one...

when Yesshows was first printed to CD the compression rates were not as efficeint nor as sophisticated as today's machines

[smatt]

As Michael said, at that time the time limits on a CD was about 57 minutes....

[Bo Locks]

74 minutes was the original Red Book limit!

[smatt]

Many older players won't even get past the 70 minute mark...

[tommyhawk]

Has Rhino remastered this yet? Today they could make this a single cd. Better yet, you could put the original set on one cd and expand it to a second disc with more fire from that tour.

[Omar Fares]

This is the one I´ve listened to it most in my life, 99% while driving. I have about 6 Lp´s and 3 Cd´s.

[smatt]

Has Rhino remastered this yet? Today they could make this a single cd. Better yet, you could put the original set on one cd and expand it to a second disc with more fire from that tour.


AFAIK, Rhino at this point has no plans to do anymore remasters.

[lindil]

If I am not mistaken the extra material that Squire had planned for a noriginal 3 album Yesshows went into the New live YEs 3 disc retro. Including Awaken and the medley.

Yessongs, which needs a sonicmakeover like no other worthy yes album will also get looked over.